Sania grew up in Pakistan and initially understood mental health in the way many people do: as a personal struggle. So, when she experienced depression at the age of 17, her care was structured around ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its first guidelines addressing the sharp rise in obesity among children and adolescents, setting out how health systems and health workers can ...

Back in June 2026, WHO deployed Paul Benjamin Gbadia (Côte d’Ivoire) to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) through ...

Last Friday, the 2nd of October, the first media reports emerged of a suspected case of pneumonic plague in a laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute in the Russian Federation.

High-level cross-sectoral roundtable to advance the meaningful inclusion of migrants, refugees and displaced populations in ...

The 2026 UHC Day campaign launch will give advocates, including civil society and young people, tools and messaging to ...

This WHO guideline provides practice- and science-informed global clinical and public health recommendations for the integrated management of obesity in adolescents aged 10–19 years, responding to the ...

Cholera deaths increased by 30% in 2025, despite fewer cases being reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). In 2025, ...

To help host countries and event organizers better anticipate and manage heat-related health risks, WHO is releasing a new ...

Public health guidance for preventing and controlling Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) in camps and camp-like settings, ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, young MPs at the Forum’s Seventh Global Conference called for greater attention and resources for youth mental health, for youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health ...

Dr. Suerie Moon, James Love, Ambassador Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota, Peter Harrison, Margo A Bagley©WHOBringing together ...